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Irish Judicial System Faces Crisis After Police Revelations

Fears Growing That Flood of Litigants Could Sue Under Privacy Laws

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Eamon Quinn

March 27, 2014 1:08 p.m. ET

DUBLIN—Ireland's judicial system faces a potential major crisis following revelations that Irish police routinely bugged telephone calls, the country's prime minister and leading legal experts said Thursday.

Fears are growing that lawyers will insist on reviewing the verdicts of many criminal trials, while a flood of litigants could sue under privacy laws.